#gerry-hutch

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Jason Thompson, a guard at HMP Isis, was suspended as the Metropolitan Police investigated his involvement in smuggling drugs and contraband into the prison. He was sentenced to four years and six months for conspiracy and misconduct.

The parents of Grace Lynch stated, 'There is no point having a new law banning the bikes if gardaí are not allowed to chase riders.' This reflects their concerns about the enforcement of the law.

Craig Doyle, 25, of The Paddocks Way, Adamstown, Lucan, and 30-year-old Adam Aspel, with an address at Corkagh Grange Way, Clondalkin, were arrested by gardai carrying out surveillance of drone activity on March 28.

A man in his 40s is due before the Special Criminal Court charged in relation to the murder of republican double agent Denis Donaldson nearly 20 years ago.

Those explosions brought an end to the IRA ceasefire and potentially the end to the peace strategy which I and others had worked on for 30 years. He said he had been stunned by what happened. Hill asked him: Did you know in advance about the February 96 explosion? Adams replied: No, of course not.

Kinahan hitman Trevor Byrne has been moved from his wing in Portlaoise Prison after officers feared murderer Warren Dumbrell had a hit on him. Dumbrell and Byrne were both serving time in the prison's A block when they had what sources say is a 'clash of personalities', with both vying to be in charge of their landing.

Steve Bannon, the former adviser to US president Donald Trump and one of the architects of the MAGA movement, recently caused a stir when he declared that he has been "spending a tonne of time" behind the scenes searching for an "Irish Trump".

A man with previous convictions for knife crime has been jailed for nine years after he killed a 20-year-old who stole from the defendant's unlocked van in the early hours of the morning.

Rules in relation sex offenders will also be beefed up The Government is to significantly strengthen Ireland's bail laws in a move aimed at criminal gangs that intimidate witnesses and jurors. Planned legislative changes will also expand the powers of gardaí to argue against paedophiles and rapists receiving bail if they flout notification requirements of the sex offenders registry.

An extortionist who demanded €20,000 from two innocent victims - threatening one that their children's throats would be slit and warning another he would be killed - has argued that his five-year sentence was twice as severe as that handed to his co-accused.

The body of Stephen Ring was discovered in Carrigfoyle Quarry nearly two weeks after he disappeared A woman who helped to dump a man's body in a quarry "like a piece of rubbish" and later went on social media to express concern for his wellbeing has been jailed for six years. Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo at the Central Criminal Court today said the defendant, Jane Corcoran (34), lied to gardai about the circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of Stephen Ring in 2024.